Professionals such a Police, midwives, and nurses have been surprised at how well they are coping with stress just by listening to this 18-minute recording. It has helped them with symptoms of post-traumatic stress, anxiety about going in to work, and overwhelming stress. Jessica Vassallo, who founded her business in Exmouth in 2015, felt it was even more important to reach people during Lockdown so went into the studio to create a series of therapeutic recordings that she could share. "I wanted to remain accessible as I was unable to meet people face to face at my clinics in Harley...
The University of Exeter has signed up as an associate partner to DATA-CAN: The Health Data Research Hub for Cancer.
DATA-CAN is a UK-wide partnership which aims to improve care and outcomes for people with cancer by making high quality health data more accessible for cancer researchers and health professionals.
Through its College of Medicine and Health, the University of Exeter brings a wealth of cancer research expertise, as well as data science knowledge and experience to the DATA-CAN partnership. Work from the Exeter team, which uses information from GP records to...
The highly infectious variant of COVID-19 discovered in Kent, which swept across the UK last year before spreading worldwide, is between 30 and 100 per cent more deadly than previous strains, new analysis has shown.
A pivotal study, by epidemiologists from the Universities of Exeter and Bristol, has shown that the SARS-CoV-2 variant, B.1.1.7, is associated with a significantly higher mortality rate amongst adults diagnosed in the community compared to previously circulating strains.
The study compared death rates among people infected with the new variant and those...
The Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre (CHERC), an internationally recognised paediatric research department at the University of Exeter, are celebrating seven years of collaboration with Exmouth Community College.
The partnership, which began in 2014, has enabled pupils to be engaged in a wide variety of research, enabling them to learn first-hand about healthy living.
Thanks to the relationship with the college, the research team at CHERC have been able to better understand how physical activity and diet can influence health in youth. This is important, as...
New research has revealed the areas of the UK where people are consulting Dr Google before seeking the advice of a medical professional.
Out of the cities assessed in the research conducted, Exeter ranked as one of the areas where the most people are turning to Dr Google to remedy their problems, with 86.6 monthly searches per 10,000 people based on data from a group of 100 search terms.
To narrow down what the UK is searching to treat, the research collated 100 of the top search terms across the UK which included the phrase ‘how to treat’.
Tens of thousands more people across Devon are being contacted from this week, inviting them to make an appointment for their first coronavirus vaccination, as the programme enters a new phase.
People aged 65 and over and those who are clinically vulnerable (JCVI priority groups 5 and 6), together with an expanded group of clinically extremely vulnerable people, are now in line to receive the life-saving jab.
In this next phase, GPs in Devon have been asked to offer jabs to those over the age of 65 and people with underlying health conditions that make them clinically...
Did you know your pet can suffer from kidney stones? Kidney problems also afflict dogs, some breeds more so than others. The main culprit in these kidney stones is an organic compound called purine. This is a nitrogenous compound found in all protein foods including meats, seafood, legumes and even spinach.
Not that all foods containing purine are bad. Purine is like cholesterol. It is only harmful in high levels. Foods with high levels of purine are problematic because this compound leads to high levels of uric acid when these foods are digested. Uric acid is not very soluble....
Two landmark venues in Devon are opening as NHS Vaccination Centres today (26 January), ready to vaccinate tens of thousands of local people in coming weeks.
The Mayflower Grandstand at Plymouth Argyle Football Club’s Home Park Stadium, and exhibition and event venue Westpoint Exeter will be offering their first booked appointments to people in priority groups from Tuesday.
The two sites in Devon are among six launching across the South West today, bringing the national total to 50.
The Home Park and Westpoint Exeter sites mean thousands more vaccinations will...
2020 may have become a year to forget for the vast majority of individuals across the world, but it appears that the UK may be heading for a difficult start to the new year if warnings over recent Covid spikes across the country are to be understood.
With an unprecedented number of new daily cases potentially becoming a reality, the private healthcare sector is gearing up for a new year of fighting the pandemic.
According to an Evening Standard report , the relaxing of Coronavirus restrictions over the Christmas period in the UK may lead to an “unrelenting tsunami” of...
A joint New Year message from Steve Brown, director of public health Devon County Council and Dr Rob Dyer, NHS medical director for Devon.
It is customary at this time of year to reflect, to look at the last 12-months – and then to look ahead.
2020 was certainly like no other for many of us.
What we expected at the beginning of the year - the usual trials and tribulations of normal times – were suddenly and significantly turned on their head in March.
The worrying images on our TVs screens first from Wuhan in China, then Hong Kong, Russia and then...
